business hotels

Marriott had a banner year in 2025 in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. While the world leader's portfolio grew by +4.3% overall, it rose by +7.8 % in the EMEA region alone. The American group added 170 establishments to its portfolio, for a total of almost...

The way of kings. To make its entry into France, the Hyatt Centric brand has followed in the footsteps of Louis the Pious, Charles X, François I and Louis XIV, by coming to Reims to be crowned king. The embodiment of a relaxed, upmarket contemporary hotel experience, the American group's Hyatt Centric...

"An acquisition will come soon". Interviewed by Voyages d'Affaires last October, Ziad Minkara, founder and CEO of S4BT - Solutions for Business Travel, reiterated his wish to see his group expand in the UK. This has now been achieved with the acquisition of Travel Centric Technology, the parent company of HotelHub. Following the acquisition of...

Since the beginning of February, business travellers visiting the La Défense business district for a few days or weeks have had a new apartment hotel at their disposal, the Adagio Access Nanterre. This opening had been in the pipeline since the announcement of the partnership between the long-stay subsidiary of Accor and Pierre & Vacances and the property group...

Dubai's hotel offering took on a new dimension last November with the opening of Ciel Dubai Marina, the world's tallest tower entirely dedicated to the hotel industry. At 377 metres and 82 storeys high, this skyscraper houses a hotel with more than 1,000 rooms and suites - affiliated to the...

Europe laughs, the United States cries. To put it bluntly, these are the conclusions of the annual results presented over the last few days by the world's leading hotel groups, led by the US. While the Old Continent was one of their growth drivers last year, their performance on home soil was less impressive...

A story of tears, of a tomb of tears as a cradle. The tears shed by the fairies, saddened to have been driven from the forest of Brocéliande, which gave birth to the Gulf of Morbihan. Flooding the land, this lachrymal flow has given rise to a string of islands in which to take refuge, Île aux Moines and Île d'Arz. In...

Two years ago, Louvre Hotels Group launched an in-depth transformation plan. How far have you got with this programme? E.B. - To date, 70 subsidiary hotels and 130 franchise hotels have already been renovated. Now that we have achieved the transformation of half of our subsidiary establishments, our...

Choice Hotels has just added Africa to its list of destinations. One of the world's leading hotel franchisors, Choice Hotels has laid the foundations for future expansion with its forthcoming debut in Kenya. In partnership with entrepreneur Aniket Shroff, two Clarion hotels will open in Nairobi, as well as a new Clarion Hotel in...

For a first truly 'normal' year after the disruption caused by the pandemic, and then the effect of the Olympic Games in 2025, the test has been a success overall for the French hotel industry. The results for 2025 were encouraging, with growth in RevPAR (i.e. accommodation sales) of 2% according to figures presented by In Extenso Tourisme Culture...

The alarm had already gone off for Louvre Hotels. The first alarm sounded at the end of 2023, with the unveiling of a five-year strategic plan designed to relaunch Europe's second-largest hotel group, which had been losing momentum for some time. During a major overhaul of its offering, the former 'sleeping beauty'...

Ever bigger, ever stronger. The major hotel groups continued to weave their web around the world in 2025. The first of them, Marriott, has consolidated its position as leader with growth of +4.3% in the number of rooms in 2025, adding more than 700 hotels to its offer. "A decisive year...

It's review time for the independent hotel industry. After Logis Hôtels, which recorded 23% growth in 2025 in its key offering for business travellers, the "soirées étapes", The Originals Hotels cooperative has also drawn up a positive balance sheet for the past year, with overall growth of +8.2 %...

Australia The leader in the Australian hotel market, the Accor group will continue to strengthen its network, notably with the lifestyle Hyde brand, which is expected to open in the heart of Perth, on the west coast. Mercure, which already has a strong presence in Melbourne, will be adding a new address in the country's second-largest city in March...

Remember that you're going to die... but not just yet! And even much later, if all goes well, according to the predictions of the Stanford Center on Longevity, which foresees a future with more and more centenarians. It's on this basis that Novotel has unveiled the ambition it intends to share with its customers,...

United States Hotel Meta - New York (later this year) (c) ZOA3D Ltd The future third-tallest hotel in New York is nearing completion, behind the Four Seasons and the Marriott Courtyard/Residence Inn combo near Central Park. Although the establishment does not yet have a definitive name - the POA studio, which...

The Logis Hôtels Group's good results are not due in vain to its corporate clientele. With sales of €309m for 2025, an increase of 161TP3Q vs 2024, the growth of its flagship product for business travel is even higher. Including dinner, overnight stay and breakfast,...

South Africa Mama Shelter Cape Town (later this year) Mama Shelter is continuing its international expansion by taking its offbeat lifestyle spirit to the very south of Africa, to Cape Town. This is a first for the continent, while we await the opening of a hotel in Casablanca. As far as the Mama Shelter Cape Town Hotel and...

Albania Adorn Tirana - Handwritten Collection (beginning of the year) The Handwritten Collection, part of the Accor group, has set up in the heart of the Albanian capital, a stone's throw from the Selman Stermasi stadium and a five-minute walk from the lively Blloku district, with the boutique hotel Adorn Tirana. Comprising 25 rooms, including six suites, this establishment is the embodiment of the...

Updated on 14 January at 8.30am Germany Kennedy 89 - Frankfurt (open) At the turn of the year, the Hyatt group added a new address in Frankfurt, even before the opening of a 189-room and studio Hyatt House on Goetheplatz in the second quarter of 2026. Before that, at the end of December, it was the turn of...